As I travel the land I have discovered a diminishing number of metallurgists and metallurgical engineers in large captive heat treat departments.

As I travel the land I have discovered a diminishing number of metallurgists and metallurgical engineers in large captive heat treat departments. In fact, a certain number of of these companies are closing them down and farming gone out all their heat treatment to commercial heat treaters. When I ask the reason for this, the answer always advances back that it is les rich to send heat treat outside than it is to